Historical on-time performance
Phoenix to Cleveland
1,737 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PHX–CLE arrive on time 77% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate77%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights
based on 642 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time77%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.3%Flights332
- American AirlinesOn-time75%Medianon timep9055 minCancel0.0%Flights158
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time80%Medianon timep9030 minCancel0.7%Flights152
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline38%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)10%
- Late aircraft51%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly PHX → CLE
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 70% to 90% on time.
- Overnights90% on time · p90 10 min · 71 flights · limited
- Mornings84% on time · p90 25 min · 437 flights
- Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 700 flights
- Afternoons75% on time · p90 45 min · 908 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 90 min · 328 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 82% on time.
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 45 min · 286 flights
- Wednesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 303 flights
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 472 flights
- Thursdays78% on time · p90 50 min · 317 flights
- Mondays76% on time · p90 60 min · 339 flights
- Fridays74% on time · p90 55 min · 334 flights
- Sundays73% on time · p90 40 min · 395 flights
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